IODINE-DOPED BRIDGED PHTHALOCYANINATOIRON(II) AND PHTHALOCYANINATORUTHENIUM(II) COMPOUNDS

Phthalocyaninatoiron(II) and -ruthenium(II) compounds left bracket R//mPcML right bracket //n (M equals Fe, Ru) with different bridging ligands are reacted with iodine using different doping procedures. Except for the perchlorocomplexes 8a and 17a, stable compounds left bracket R//mPcMLI//y right bracket //n are formed, which were characterized by thermogravimetric measurements, infrared, resonance-Raman and **5**7Fe-Moessbauer spectroscopy. An increasing dopant level of iodine causes a continuous increase in electronic conductivity of the compounds left bracket R//mPcMLI//y right bracket //n, which, in spite of their comparatively large inter-ring distances, exhibit room-temperature powder conductivities in the range sigma //R//T equals 10** minus **2 - 10** minus **1 S/cm.